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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 18h

This is a good look

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

Diane Keaton showed my tomboy ass inspo, how to be a practical babe and a goddess. May her memory be a blessing

Just_Vicki 🐾🎵💟🕉💙🌈🌻🇺🇲🇺🇦🇨🇦 @justvickimarie.bsky.social · 3d

She reminded me so much of my mom. I adored Diane Keaton. 💔
R.I.P. to a true legend!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 3d

Broke: 300 tweets mocking Trump in all caps and lawsuits that go nowhere on appeal.

Woke: directly combatting lost funding and resources by taxing the wealthy to support the marginalized, and centering BIPOC trans activists, not politicians, as the centerpiece of such policy.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 3d

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 7d

Preparing a new swath of songs to record next year, and sitting quietly on a couch in my favorite town looking at trees

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 7d

I hate you @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 8d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 7d

This is my takeaway after listening to a lecture by a badass Black Panther anarchist tonight at the West Oakland Public Library.

Community organizing requires community collaboration too

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 7d

Those who learn from the past and try to repeat it are bound to fail

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 7d

Those who learn from the past and try to repeat it are bound to fail

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 8d

I need this

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 11d

A woodcut style ink drawing of a Tardigrade: "Just because I can survive harsh conditions doesn't mean I should have to."

(If anyone knows the artist, I'd love to make (a version) of this available for sale and can only find tumblr replies via tineye.)

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Ripperoni @ripperoni.com · 12d

Be normal about and to trans women challenge

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 8d

I say this all the time. Stay gold ppl

zøë wolfe 🏳️‍⚧️ @glitchwolfe.studio · 17d

Did you know you can just give HRT a try? If you realize it's not for you, you can just stop! I gave myself 1 month to change my mind. By day 30 I had wondered why I ever waited so long.

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TV-MA is not sharing drugs w/ trick or treaters @tv-ma.bsky.social · 8d

I always say, if you're on the fence about hrt, the answer is probably yes. If it hasn't crossed your mind, you're probably ok 👍🏽

zøë wolfe 🏳️‍⚧️ @glitchwolfe.studio · 17d

Did you know you can just give HRT a try? If you realize it's not for you, you can just stop! I gave myself 1 month to change my mind. By day 30 I had wondered why I ever waited so long.

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 8d

Hashtag not surprised

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you as always dear @rachelcholst.bsky.social for seeing us and documenting this particular struggle

Rachel Cholst @rachelcholst.bsky.social · 9d

Moreover, I am especially grateful to artists like @idiotwitchamelia.bsky.social, @jessyedmusic.bsky.social, @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social, and @paisleyfields.bsky.social for giving of themselves when it would be so much easier not to

nodepression.org/queer-countr...

QUEER COUNTRY: Will You Let Queer Country Be Outlawed?

“Outlaw country” often evokes a certain rough-and-tumble (cis white) dude — The kind of person who doesn’t take any shit and isn’t interested in conforming to Music Row’s ideals of what it means to “b...

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 9d

So damn true

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 9d

I look really cute in California

Trans girl, sleepy face and big brown eyes stares at the camera, she’s got a little remnant of last night‘s makeup on and some visible cleavage and is wearing a black tank top

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 9d

I'd rather talk about music by ppl who live in my actual world, who I can go hear without paying exorbitant ticket prices. Who make music that connects to my life. This new @junglist.bsky.social album, for example. It slaps. hannahaccount.bandcamp.com/album/echo-w...

Echo Worship, by Hannah Account

9 track album

hannahaccount.bandcamp.com

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 9d

My friend‘s literal fairytale wedding at Children’s Fairyland was epic. I saw an albino raccoon and I danced with so many people. I love to dance so much and it’s been a while. And I got a Magic Key!

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 9d

Don’t go out in full sun btwn 10am-2pm

Always put on sunscreen

Do chin exercises

Do everything you’ve always wanted

Eat well

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 10d

Sounds like a smart move

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 10d

Go if you can, stay if it feels good

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 10d

I'm on my way down to Santa Cruz! Please don't let me be lonely this evening.......

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 13d

Santa Cruz! I am coming to you!

This Sunday, Oct. 5, I'll be at Bookshop Santa Cruz for the kickoff of Banned Books Week. Fight for your right to read the stories you love <3

Banned Books Night: Read for Your Rights!
OCT. 5TH AT 5:00
BOOKSHOP SANTA CRUZ
SC PL
SANTA CRUZ PUBLIC LIBRARIES
With bestselling author Charlie Jane Anders, Director of Santa Cruz Public Libraries Christopher Platt, and author and bookseller Yves • At Bookshop Santa Cruz
GENSORSHIP is so 1984
FOR YOUR RIGHTS
ALAAmericanLibraryAssociation
©2025 American Library Association ala.org/bbooks

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 10d

I need to figure out how to make my aereolae bigger

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